Insex concepts were derived from historical sources, salacious magazines, pulp fiction, online studios, classic movies, art and even lingerie catalogs. Some of the more prevalent influences are collected here. Check back periodically to see more items and expanded descriptions. Also visit the Insex timeline.

HOUSE OF MILAN

Hogtie Magazine1972

Barbara Behr's House of Milan produced numerous provocative magazines and films in the 1970's and 1980's. The out-of-print magazines sometimes can be found on small fan sites.

Georges Pichard's comic strips from the latter half of the 20th century featured extreme sexual deviance and outlandish, sometimes impossible device bondage. His transgression against sexual conventions and his association with counterculture led to some bans against his published work.

His illustrations were a major source of inspiration for Insex scenes. In some cases, PD constructed devices based on specific Pichard drawings, such as this one.More at Wikipedia

JOHN WILLIE

Sweet Gwendoline1947-1950

John Willie's serial in Wink magazine featured a busty damsel who found herself often in distress -- and often tied up by the gorgeous Secret Agent U-69. Gwendoline is available in book version.More at Wikipedia

CHIMUO NUREKI

1930-2013Chimuo Nureki was a shibari master who inspired and taught many other talented riggers. His style of rope bondage was well liked by viewers of obscure magazines such as the one shown here. Nureki's work was featured in the lengthy documentary Bakushi which is not widely available.More at Bondage Wiki

HOUSE OF WAX

COMINGSOON

1953 Vincent Price classic film.

THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM

COMINGSOON

1961 Vincent Price classic film.

OSADA STEVE

This shibari master studied under several legendary teachers, and became the designated successor to the late Osada Eikichi. His work is spread across numerous sites, including his Vimeo channel and Deviant Art. He publishes photos and live bondage shows here and more photos here.
Visit Osada Steve's Gallery

CRIMINAL JUSTICE

Scold's BridleA Brief History of the United StatesSteele, 1885

The brank is one of many devices borrowed from history by Insex to explore themes of punishment, shame and servitude.

Insex explored the brank and many more configurations of face restraint. Most were metal gags of one form or another, commissioned from our master metalsmith. We like them all so much that we made a metal gags page just so we could sit and look at them. More at Wikipedia